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Fighting the Good Fight
A New Dad Faces the Dawn of a New Era
By Mark Stackpole
The experience is only marginally different when people come over to your house, with the conversation consisting of something like, "Where's the baby? How's Mom? And Dad, while you're up, could you get me a soda?" (It is important to note that the last question gets asked regardless of whether or not you are actually "up" at that particular time.)
But you are fighting the good fight and want to do the best thing for your baby. Since you haven't yet been able to establish the same bond as your wife, you are anxious to do anything you can to please her. The simple answer to the question is this: If you really want to please your baby, go get Mom. You might get a brief smile, but Mom's got the goods.
Let me close by offering you a few tips on how to actually be useful during the time between your child's birth and her ability to appreciate what a cool dad you are. And if your wife happens to notice and give you some credit, then you just might be able to shave some time off of the six weeks. Good for you.
1. Are you familiar with the pack mule? Never seen one before? Look in the mirror.
2. Cook dinner for your exhausted wife. Or, if she doesn't like canned pasta, go pick something up.
3. Make sure that the blanket completely covers your wife while she is breastfeeding in public. She might not care, but you do. Take all the years of practice you have from "trying to catch a glimpse" and use it for the forces of good. Those other guys are, after all, trying to catch a glimpse of your wife.
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